Ventricular Suction in the Turtle
- 1 November 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation Research
- Vol. 4 (6), 724-726
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.4.6.724
Abstract
In two different experimental environments the isolated turtle ventricle was found to fill and eject blood in the absence of a positive filling pressure. It is concluded that the ventricle can "suck" fluid using energy liberated from its wall during diastole.Keywords
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- Experimental Evidence of Ventricular Diastolic SuctionCirculation Research, 1956